詞彙精選:patch的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義:
n.
補丁,補片;貼片 [C]
例句:
The child's jeans had a patch at the knee.
這孩子的褲子在膝蓋處有一塊補釘。
例句:
Give me the jackets with patches on the elbows.
給我肘部打着補丁的夾克。
(護傷用的)膏藥;裹傷布;(保護病傷眼睛用的)眼罩 [C]
例句:
He wears a black patch over his right eye.
他右眼上戴着黑色的眼罩。
例句:
She went to the hospital and found him lying down with a patch over his eye.
她去了醫院,發現他躺着,一隻眼睛戴着眼罩。
(顏色等與周圍不同的)斑駁,斑點 [C]
例句:
The flowers made white patches against the grass.
綠色草地上點綴着簇簇白花。
小塊土地 [C]
例句:
Plantation gangs began to oust the patch cultivation of the labourer serf in the case of some staple products.
在某些主要農產品的種植上,大農場上的夥役奴隸開始攆走了耕種小塊土地的農奴勞動者。
例句:
The little vegetable patch in her backyard.
她家後院中的一小塊菜地。
【主英】期間,一段時間 [C]
例句:
The company I work for went through a rough patch.
我所在的公司經歷了一段困難時期。
例句:
His marriage was going through a bad patch.
他的婚姻當時麻煩不斷。
【英】警察巡邏區;管轄區 [C]
例句:
He knows every house in his patch.
他熟悉自己管轄區中每所房子。
v.
修補;拼湊,匆匆製成(常與up和together連用) [T]
例句:
The wrecked bicycle was patched up and resold.
撞壞的自行車草草地修了一下就賣掉了。
例句:
It' s not proper to patch the roof with nailsick boards.
用多次釘過釘而不結實的木板修補屋頂是不合適的。
暫時解決(分歧,爭端等)[T]
例句:
We decided to patch up our differences and become friends again.
我們決定消除分歧,重歸於好。
例句:
He tried to patch up their quarrel.
他試圖平息他們之間的爭吵。
二、詞義辨析:
mend,repair,patch,fix
這些動詞均含“修理,修復”之意。mend通常指較簡單的修復過程,一般不需要專門技術或特殊工具。repair可與mend換用,但一般指需要較高的職業技能和使用較複雜的工具進行修理。patch通常指用類似材料修補破洞、裂縫或磨損的地方。fix多用於美語,僅用於指帶有安裝固定性質的修理。
三、相關短語:
patch pocket
n. 貼袋
patch up
修補,補上補丁;平息,排解糾紛,言歸於好;結束,制止
shoulder patch
n. 臂章
patch test
斑片試驗,斑試驗,皮膚接觸試驗
四、參考例句:
He tried to patch up their quarrel.
他試圖平息他們之間的爭吵。
We can patch up those holes.
我們可以修補這些破洞。
The little vegetable patch in her backyard.
她家後院中的一小塊菜地。
It's a bit of patch work.
像塊“補丁”。
He bought a patch of fertile land.
他買了一塊肥沃的土地。
There was a patch of waste land behind the church.
教堂的後面有一塊荒地。
The child's jeans had a patch at the knee.
這孩子的褲子在膝蓋處有一塊補釘。
The boy's trousers need a patch on the knee.
這孩子的褲子膝蓋上需要打個補丁。
He would indeed seek to patch things up.
他一定會設法把事情加以補救。
He wears a black patch over his right eye.
他右眼上戴着黑色的眼罩。